A single lightning strike can release a 30 million-volt surge, enough to severely injure or kill a person in an instant.

According to Edison International, if your vehicle is struck by lightning, you should pull over and sit with your hands in ...

A new report by Vaisala found that Texas experienced around 40 million lightning events in 2024, far outpacing other states.

This discharge can happen cloud-to-cloud, cloud-to-ground ... in Earth’s ecosystem. Lightning, for instance, helps convert nitrogen in our atmosphere into a form that plants can absorb from ...

The parasitic fungus sometimes called ‘Himalayan gold’ can provide a good living to villagers who collect it. But rugged ...

I’m talking about fulgurites, which can form whenever lightning ... the resulting shape mimics the path of the lightning bolt as it discharged into the ground. And yes, people make jewelry ...

The weather event is so rare that meteorologist Jim Cantore can barely contain his excitement when he's recorded in viral videos witnessing it.

I love watching lightning storms, especially from Trans Mountain in El Paso but this Texas city beats 'em all in terms of quantity.

Wednesday’s destructive storm was lit up by flashes of lightning, with more than 70,000 strikes recorded within 100 ...

A huge line of storms crossed New South Wales overnight, causing power outages, flash flooding and almost 2 million lightning ...